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COMMON SENSE ON TIE COLOR PROBLEM
By j. Benson Hamilton, $40 East Seventy
ninth street, New York.
The author in the preface asserts that
his object in publishing this pamphlet is
to aid in the solution Of the Vexing color
question.
He is pastor of the Cornell Memorial
Methodist Episcopal church, and has had
to meet the question practically In sec
tion supposed to be free from race preju-
dice. The third division Of his subject,
Exclusion of the Unpreferred, Legal and
Logical" is pregnant with truths which
the most biased would do we'll to pom
der. He shows that in every instance
involving color in schools or churches it
has been the black race who have pre-,
ferfcd separation, and the results in
each case has justified the separation.
In the fourth division he shows that
such distinctions is American, scriptural
and logical, and in perfect harmony with
the teachings of Wesley, The father
of Methodism. Wesley did not hesitate
to proclaim caste of creed, as will be
readily seen by reading his utterances on
intimate association with unoelievers.
He even went so far IS to discourage
business relation with other than those of
the same faith. This would seem TO be
more exclusive thsn any color limitation,
| Un-American it certainly is to give what
may be the preference Of one more weight
that what is the preference of hundreds.
hence to force white school to admit
COlored pupil, or vice versa, saYOrs more
of autocracy than republicanism. In Civ
! ing the rate Of increase OF the two races
the writer overestimstes the difference in
| the rate per cent. from various causes.
! Figures deduced from the census Of 1870
and that OF 1880 are not reliable, and the
difference in the increase of the white and
black race Is overestimated. The writer
| demonstrates clearly that it IS not the
province of the church to interfere with
individual right, but to teach that all men
are one In the Lord.
THE FORUM Editeda by Lorettus s AIetcalf,
the Forum Publishing Company, 81 Fifth
| Avenue, New York.
The August number opens with paper
by Governor Foraker of Ohio entitled,
"The Return of the Republican Party"
in which he endeavoIs to show that this
party should be restored to power
Those who are familiar with the writer's
public utterances nave no reason to
doubt the sincerity of his views, but
those who differ from him politically will
fall to appreciate the cogency OF his ar
guments, or recognize the necessity OF g
change in dOminancy Of party. The
malignant feebleness that can use sucn
Incidents as eulogies upon Americans
like John G.. Calhoun and Albert Sidney
Johnson, the lowering Of the flag TO half
mast in honor of an exSecretary, and
others OF kindred nature, betrays sec
tional and partisan animosity unworthy
of any man whatever may be his personal
predictions,
"Alcohol in High Lstitudes," by A. W.
Greedy, whose name is so intimately con-
nected with Attic explorations, deals not
/. with the question OF alcohol from moral
standpoint, but from the lower one OF ex-
pediency. Just now the liquor question
is an absorbing topic, and ell facts bear
ing upon the use Of it are argument pro
and con in the discussion. The conClu-
sion drawn by the writer from his own
experience, scorroborated by that of other
explorers, is that it is mistaken idea
among laboring men that the use of alco-
hol increases either their capacity for
work or power of endurance when eX-
posed.
"The Forgotten Cause of Poverty" by
Rev. DR.. Howard Crosby, deserves to be
put into the hands OF every worker. The
truths it presents are of such nature as
convince any who will reflect.
sCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE-August Charles
Scribner's Sons. New fork.
Perhaps one of the most interes'ln
papers in the present number is "The In
stability of the Atmosphere" by N s.
Shaler, accompanied by diagrams illax-
trative of the different currents of dir %
day and night, and also views OF torpe-
does at their work. The author atsxibntes
the various perturbation5 of our etRos-
phere in the msin to the action of hest,
that in its attempt to escape from Sahe
surface rend and tear the surrounding
medium. he closes with the comforting
assurance that these disturbances are
absolutely essential to the existence OF
life upon this planet.
"Tne Revival of Handicraft" is word
Of encouragement to the thousands OF
bread-WinIers who have seen in the ad
vance to perfection of machine work q
. check put upon their hopes OF earning @
living by the labor of their hands
The fiat of fashion has gone forth and there
is every indication OF q speedy return to
hsndicrsft in many departments Of il
dustry
TIE NEW ENGLAND NAG AZINE-Boston
30 Bromfeld street.
The August number of this magazine
contains several pleasant articles on
places and persons of New England. In
the series of papers Oh notable women,
Number is devoted to Mrs. Anne Brad.
street, the first poetess of America, who
came to this country in 1880, was daugh-
ter of one and wife of another of the
early Governors of Massachusetts. The
extracts from sketch of her life written
by herself are of special interest, por-
traying as these do the early scenes and
trials Of colonial life. Some of her mus